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Charles Curtis
This photograph shows Charles Curtis, 1860-1936, standing on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.As a Kansas politician he serves in the United States Congress from 1893-1907. He also serves two terms as a United States Senator, 1907-1913 and 1915-1929. In 1928 Curtis is elected as the thirty-first vice-president of the United States, 1929-1933, and is the first Native American to be elected to public office in the United States.
previewGeorgia Neese Clark Gray
A formal portrait of Georgia Neese Clark Gray, 1900-1995, of Richland, Kansas. Gray was National Committeewoman for the Democratic Party, 1936-1964, and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman on June 9, 1949 as the first woman to serve as the U. S. Treasurer, 1949-1953.
previewAlfred Mossman Landon and Theo Cobb Landon
This photograph shows Alfred M. Landon and his wife Theo Cobb Landon standing before several microphones during the 1936 campaign for U. S. President between Governor Landon and the incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
previewCrafts program, Mayetta, Kansas
United States. Works Progress Administration
A photograph showing Native American women working with beads in Mayetta, Kansas, part of the Works Progress Administration's crafts program.
previewHarry Walter Colmery
New York Times Studios
This is a portrait of Harry W Colmery, 1890-1979, Topeka attorney, American Legion National Commander, and author of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
previewHarry Walter Colmery, American Legion Commander, speaking at the dedication of the Flanders Field Chapel, Waeregham, Belgium
American Battle Monuments Commission
Photograph of Harry W. Colmey, American Legion National Commander, speaking at the dedication of the Flanders Field Chapel, Waeregham, Belgium, August 8, 1937.
previewHarry Walter Colmery speaking at the Montsec Memorial Dedication, Montsec, France, August 3, 1937
Studio Waroline
Photograph of Harry W. Colmery, Topeka attorney, American Legion National Commander, and author of the G. I. Bill of Rights speaking at the Montsec memorial dedication, Montsec, France, August 3, 1937
previewWalter Augustus Huxman
This black and white photograph shows Walter Augustus Huxman (1887-1972), being sworn in as Kansas governor. He established his career as a public official serving as Reno County's assistant attorney from 1915 to 1919, and later the city attorney of Hutchinson, Kansas from 1919 to 1921. In 1936, Huxman was nominated and elected as a Democratic governor of Kansas. Failing to be re-elected, Huxman left the governor's office and was nominated by President Franklin Roosevelt to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth District in Topeka, Kansas. Huxman held this position until stepping down in 1962.
previewWalter Augustus Huxman
This black and white photograph shows Kansas Governor Walter Augustus Huxman, (1937-1939), signing a bill to legalize the sale of 3.2 beer. People in the photograph are (left to right): Milt Tabor, Topeka Capitol reporter; Samuel Terbovich, Huxman's pardon attorney; unidentified man; Lew Larkin, Kansas City Journal-Post reporter; Gil Mayo, Associated Press; and Max (last name unknown).
previewHarry Hines Woodring
Photography of Harry Hines Woodring cooking on a stove on his farm near Lecompton.
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